Hood and drip-pan fastener.



G. L. DORNEY.

HOOD AND DRIP PAN FASTENBR. APPLICATION FILED 1730.30, 1912.

Patented May 20, 1913.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Cnmn L. Donner, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, inthe county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hood and Drip- PanFasteners; and I do declare the following to be a. full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it apperteins to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figuresof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fasteningdevices for the hoods and drip pans of automobilps.

The object of the invention is 0 provide bneolficatlon of team ream.Application filed rename: t, 1m. Serial m. 788,193.

a device of this type which is simple in construction and eiiicient inoperation and which will automatically tighten the hood and drip pan tothe frame thereby prevent ing the same rattling.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the devicepartially in section; Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 isa planview of the levers.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents the side frameof an automobile upon which rests a hood 2'which is a well known part ofan automobile. The hood is secured to the frame 1 by the followingdevice: Attached to the hood 2 is a member 3 provided with two hooked:extensions 17 which are adapted to receive a yoke 18 of a double armedlink 4 joinedat one end. The yoke 18 is provided with} a projection 16,which rests between the :hooked extensions 17, thereby holding the liilkcentral. The double arm link 4 is pivoted at 5 to one end of a doublearm lever 6. The lever 6 is Provided with a cross pivot 7 intermediateof its length. The pivot 7 is journaled in the upper end or cross-head 8of aplunger 19 mounted in a cylinder 9 and when so connected, thespacebetween the two arms of the lever 6 is so occupied by the cross-head 8that any looseness or lateral movement of the said lever is prevented.Likewise, any lateral movement of the 'link i is prevented by reason ofthe fact that the lever 6 is prevented from moving laterally more Mayso, ieife.

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head 0 the plunger. The plunger 19 is OHIO, Accretion or cue-na s tocos. n. sects, or

provided with a lower head 13, and mounted between the head 13 and thetop ofthe cylinder 9 is a spring 12 which exerts a.

downward influenceon the plunger 19 and parts carried thereby. Thecylinder 9 is so pivoted at 11 to a member 10 attached to the frame 2.When the lever 6 is thrown down and the cylinder 9 is swung on its pivot11, as is shown in dotted lines in Fig; 2, the link 4 ma be releasedfrom en gagement withthe When the yoke 18 is in engagement with ookedextensions 17,} thus permitting the hood 2 to be removed;

the hooks 17 and the lever 6 is placed in an upper position, the spring12 will hold the hood 2 securely against the frame 1 thereby 1preventing the parts rattling. The sprin 12 Ewill also hold the lever 6in an elevate position, as the pivot 7 lies pasta line drawnthrough theaxes of the yoke 18 and the pivot 11, when the lever 6 is elevated. As

thd link 4 and lever 6 are made double the arms thereof are permitted tolie on opposite sides of the axes of the spring 12 and" .to the underside of the frame 1, thedevice may be used to secure the drip panv ofthe automobile.

Having described my invention, I claim, In a device of the typespecified, a pivotally mounted cylinder, a spring-controlled plunger insaid cylinder, said plunger havmg its upper exposed end terminated in across-head, a double arm lever pivotally connected to the cross-head ofsaid plunger, said pivot lying onone side of the plane of the leverarms, and the space between said lever arms being occupied by the saidcross-head, a double arm link pivotally connected to the ends of thelever arms the upper. ends of said provided with a lock 14 double armlink being joined b a cross-bar, and a double hook member a apted toenguge the cross-bar of said link ito hold the same while the double armlever is being lllIOWIl upwardly on the pivots which connect said leverwith the-cross-head of the plunger and with said link, and to hold saidlink after viaiis'ion is applied to the springjzi the operation of saidlever, substantially as SPBClfiQI i;

In testimony Wliereof I aiiix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

CLARK L. DORNEY.

Witposggg JOSEPH E. SELLS, CHAS. H. RIGLER.

